He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNeither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
1 Peter
General EpistlesFor they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Numbers
LawAll that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John
Gospels / JohnLeave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWho is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Matthew
GospelsNevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
Joshua
HistoryTherefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: